A BILL to amend and reenact §18A-4-2, §18A-4-5 and §18A-4-8a of the
Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to
providing salary equity supplement payments to teachers and
service personnel in order to achieve salary equity among the
counties; specifying the amounts of those equity supplements;
changing the methods of calculating the difference in salary
potential of school employees among the counties; requiring
the Department of Education to request additional funds if it
determines the equity objective is not being met; clarifying
the amount of equity supplement to be paid from state funds;
and deleting obsolete provisions.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That §18A-4-2, §18A-4-5 and §18A-4-8a of the Code of West
Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted, all to read
as follows:

ARTICLE 4. SALARIES, WAGES AND OTHER BENEFITS.

§18A-4-2. State minimum salaries for teachers.

(a) Effective July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2008, each
teacher shall receive the amount prescribed in the 2007-08 State
Minimum Salary Schedule as set forth in this section, specific
additional amounts prescribed in this section or article and any
county supplement in effect in a county pursuant to section five-a
of this article during the contract year.

Effective July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2011, each teacher
shall receive the amount prescribed in the 2008-09 State Minimum
Salary Schedule as set forth in this section, specific additional
amounts prescribed in this section or article and any county
supplement in effect in a county pursuant to section five-a of this
article during the contract year.

(a) Beginning July 1, 2011, and continuing thereafter, each
teacher shall receive the amount prescribed in the 2011-12 State
Minimum Salary Schedule as set forth in this section, specific
additional amounts prescribed in this section or article and any
county supplement in effect in a county pursuant to section five-a
of this article during the contract year.

2008-09 STATE MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

Years

Exp.

4th

Class

3rd

Class

2nd

Class

A.B.

+15

M.A.

+15

M.A.

+30

M.A.

+45

Doc-torate

A.B.

M.A.

0

25,651

26,311

26,575

27,827

28,588

30,355

31,116

31,877

32,638

33,673

1

25,979

26,639

26,903

28,345

29,106

30,874

31,635

32,395

33,156

34,191

2

26,308

26,967

27,231

28,864

29,625

31,392

32,153

32,914

33,675

34,710

3

26,636

27,295

27,559

29,383

30,143

31,911

32,672

33,432

34,193

35,228

4

27,208

27,867

28,131

30,145

30,906

32,674

33,435

34,195

34,956

35,991

5

27,536

28,195

28,459

30,664

31,425

33,192

33,953

34,714

35,475

36,510

6

27,864

28,523

28,787

31,182

31,943

33,711

34,472

35,232

35,993

37,028

7

28,192

28,852

29,115

31,701

32,462

34,229

34,990

35,751

36,512

37,547

8

28,520

29,180

29,444

32,219

32,980

34,748

35,509

36,269

37,030

38,065

9

28,848

29,508

29,772

32,738

33,499

35,266

36,027

36,788

37,549

38,584

10

29,177

29,836

30,100

33,258

34,018

35,786

36,547

37,308

38,068

39,103

11

29,505

30,164

30,428

33,776

34,537

36,305

37,065

37,826

38,587

39,622

12

29,833

30,492

30,756

34,295

35,055

36,823

37,584

38,345

39,105

40,140

13

30,161

30,820

31,084

34,813

35,574

37,342

38,102

38,863

39,624

40,659

14

30,489

31,148

31,412

35,332

36,092

37,860

38,621

39,382

40,142

41,177

15

30,817

31,476

31,740

35,850

36,611

38,379

39,139

39,900

40,661

41,696

16

31,145

31,804

32,068

36,369

37,129

38,897

39,658

40,419

41,179

42,214

17

31,473

32,133

32,396

36,887

37,648

39,416

40,177

40,937

41,698

42,733

18

31,801

32,461

32,725

37,406

38,167

39,934

40,695

41,456

42,217

43,252

19

32,129

32,789

33,053

37,924

38,685

40,453

41,214

41,974

42,735

43,770

20

32,457

33,117

33,381

38,443

39,204

40,971

41,732

42,493

43,254

44,289

21

32,786

33,445

33,709

38,961

39,722

41,490

42,251

43,011

43,772

44,807

22

33,114

33,773

34,037

39,480

40,241

42,008

42,769

43,530

44,291

45,326

23

33,442

34,101

34,365

39,999

40,759

42,527

43,288

44,048

44,809

45,844

24

33,770

34,429

34,693

40,517

41,278

43,046

43,806

44,567

45,328

46,363

25

34,098

34,757

35,021

41,036

41,796

43,564

44,325

45,086

45,846

46,881

26

34,426

35,085

35,349

41,554

42,315

44,083

44,843

45,604

46,365

47,400

27

34,754

35,413

35,677

42,073

42,833

44,601

45,362

46,123

46,883

47,918

28

35,082

35,742

36,005

42,591

43,352

45,120

45,880

46,641

47,402

48,437

29

35,410

36,070

36,334

43,110

43,870

45,638

46,399

47,160

47,920

48,955

30

35,738

36,398

36,662

43,628

44,389

46,157

46,917

47,678

48,439

49,474

31

36,067

36,726

36,990

44,147

44,908

46,675

47,436

48,197

48,957

49,992

32

36,395

37,054

37,318

44,665

45,426

47,194

47,955

48,715

49,476

50,511

33

36,723

37,382

37,646

45,184

45,945

47,712

48,473

49,234

49,995

51,030

34

37,051

37,710

37,974

45,702

46,463

48,231

48,992

49,752

50,513

51,548

35

37,379

38,038

38,302

46,221

46,982

48,749

49,510

50,271

51,032

52,067

2011-12 STATE MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

Years

4th

3rd

2nd

A.B.

M.A.

M.A.

M.A.

Doc-

Exp.

Class

Class

Class

A.B.

+15

M.A.

+15

+30

+45

torate

0

26,917

27,606

27,872

29,315

30,076

31,843

32,604

33,365

34,126

35,161

1

27,245

27,934

28,200

29,833

30,594

32,362

33,123

33,883

34,644

35,679

2

27,574

28,262

28,528

30,352

31,113

32,880

33,641

34,402

35,163

36,198

3

27,902

28,590

28,856

30,871

31,631

33,399

34,160

34,920

35,681

36,716

4

28,474

29,162

29,428

31,633

32,394

34,162

34,923

35,683

36,444

37,479

5

28,802

29,490

29,756

32,152

32,913

34,680

35,441

36,202

36,963

37,998

6

29,130

29,818

30,084

32,670

33,431

35,199

35,960

36,720

37,481

38,516

7

29,458

30,147

30,412

33,189

33,950

35,717

36,478

37,239

38,000

39,035

8

29,786

30,475

30,741

33,707

34,468

36,236

36,997

37,757

38,518

39,553

9

30,114

30,803

31,069

34,226

34,987

36,754

37,515

38,276

39,037

40,072

10

30,443

31,131

31,397

34,746

35,506

37,274

38,035

38,796

39,556

40,591

11

30,771

31,459

31,725

35,264

36,025

37,793

38,553

39,314

40,075

41,110

12

31,099

31,787

32,053

35,783

36,543

38,311

39,072

39,833

40,593

41,628

13

31,427

32,115

32,381

36,301

37,062

38,830

39,590

40,351

41,112

42,147

14

31,755

32,443

32,709

36,820

37,580

39,348

40,109

40,870

41,630

42,665

15

32,083

32,771

33,037

37,338

38,099

39,867

40,627

41,388

42,149

43,184

16

32,411

33,099

33,365

37,857

38,617

40,385

41,146

41,907

42,667

43,702

17

32,739

33,428

33,693

38,375

39,136

40,904

41,665

42,425

43,186

44,221

18

33,067

33,756

34,022

38,894

39,655

41,422

42,183

42,944

43,705

44,740

19

33,395

34,084

34,350

39,412

40,173

41,941

42,702

43,462

44,223

45,258

20

33,723

34,412

34,678

39,931

40,692

42,459

43,220

43,981

44,742

45,777

21

34,052

34,740

35,006

40,449

41,210

42,978

43,739

44,499

45,260

46,295

22

34,380

35,068

35,334

40,968

41,729

43,496

44,257

45,018

45,779

46,814

23

34,708

35,396

35,662

41,487

42,247

44,015

44,776

45,536

46,297

47,332

24

35,036

35,724

35,990

42,005

42,766

44,534

45,294

46,055

46,816

47,851

25

35,364

36,052

36,318

42,524

43,284

45,052

45,813

46,574

47,334

48,369

26

35,692

36,380

36,646

43,042

43,803

45,571

46,331

47,092

47,853

48,888

27

36,020

36,708

36,974

43,561

44,321

46,089

46,850

47,611

48,371

49,406

28

36,348

37,037

37,302

44,079

44,840

46,608

47,368

48,129

48,890

49,925

29

36,676

37,365

37,631

44,598

45,358

47,126

47,887

48,648

49,408

50,443

30

37,004

37,693

37,959

45,116

45,877

47,645

48,405

49,166

49,927

50,962

31

37,333

38,021

38,287

45,635

46,396

48,163

48,924

49,685

50,445

51,480

32

37,661

38,349

38,615

46,153

46,914

48,682

49,443

50,203

50,964

51,999

33

37,989

38,677

38,943

46,672

47,433

49,200

49,961

50,722

51,483

52,518

34

38,317

39,005

39,271

47,190

47,951

49,719

50,480

51,240

52,001

53,036

35

38,645

39,333

39,599

47,709

48,470

50,237

50,998

51,759

52,520

53,555

(b) $600 shall be paid annually to each classroom teacher who
has at least twenty years of teaching experience. The payments:
(i) Shall be in addition to any amounts prescribed in the
applicable state minimum salary schedule; (ii) shall be paid in
equal monthly installments; and (iii) shall be considered a part of
the state minimum salaries for teachers.

(c) To meet the objective of salary equity among the counties
as set forth in section five of this article, each teacher shall be
paid an equity supplement amount as applicable for his or her
classification of certification or classification of training and
years of experience as follows, subject to the provisions of that
section:

(1) For “4th Class” at zero years of experience, $1,781. An
additional $38 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and
including thirty-five years of experience;

(2) For “3rd Class” at zero years of experience, $1,796. An
additional $67 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and
including thirty-five years of experience;

(3) For “2nd Class” at zero years of experience, $1,877. An
additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and
including thirty-five years of experience;

(4) For “A. B.” at zero years of experience, $2,360. An
additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and
including thirty-five years of experience;

(5) For “A. B. + 15” at zero years of experience, $2,452. An
additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and
including thirty-five years of experience;

(6) For “M. A.” at zero years of experience, $2,644. An
additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and
including thirty-five years of experience;

(7) For “M. A. + 15” at zero years of experience, $2,740. An
additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and
including thirty-five years of experience;

(8) For “M. A. + 30” at zero years of experience, $2,836. An
additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and
including thirty-five years of experience;

(9) For “M. A. + 45” at zero years of experience, $2,836. An
additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and
including thirty-five years of experience; and

(10) For “Doctorate” at zero years of experience, $2,927. An
additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and
including thirty-five years of experience.

These payments: (I) Shall be in addition to any amounts
prescribed in the applicable State Minimum Salary Schedule, any
specific additional amounts prescribed in this section and article
and any county supplement in effect in a county pursuant to section
five-a of this article; (ii) shall be paid in equal monthly
installments; and (iii) shall be considered a part of the state
minimum salaries for teachers.

.§18A-4-5. Salary equity among the counties; state salary
supplement.

(a) For the purposes of this section, salary equity among the
counties means that the salary potential of school employees
employed by the various districts throughout the state does not
differ by greater than ten percent between those offering the
highest salaries and those offering the lowest salaries. In the
case of professional educators, the difference shall be calculated
utilizingusing the average of the professional educator salary
schedules, degree classifications B. A. through doctorate and the
years of experience provided for in the most recent state minimum
salary schedule for teachers, in effect in the fiveten counties
offering the highest salary schedules compared to the lowest salary
schedule in effect among the fifty-five counties. In the case of
school service personnel, the difference shall be calculated
utilizing the average of the school service personnel salary
schedules, pay grades A through H and the years of experience
provided for in the most recent state minimum pay scale pay grade
for service personnel, in effect in the fiveten counties offering
the highest salary schedules compared to the lowest salary schedule
in effect among the fifty-five counties. Effective July 1, 2013,
for both professional educators and school service personnel, the
differences shall be calculated as otherwise required by this
subsection except that the ten counties offering the highest salary
schedules shall be compared to the lowest salary schedule in effect
among the fifty-five counties.

(b) To assist the state in meeting itsmeet the objective of
salary equity among the counties, as defined in subsection (a) of
this section, on and after July 1, 1984, subject to available state
appropriations and the conditions set forth herein, each teacher
and school service personnel shall receive a supplementalan equity
supplement amount as specified in sections two and eight-a,
respectively, of this article in addition to the amount from the
state minimum salary schedules provided for in this articlethose
sections.

(c) State funds for this purpose shall be paid within the West
Virginia public school support plan in accordance with article
nine-a, chapter eighteen of this code. The amount allocated for
salary equity shall be apportioned between teachers and school
service personnel in direct proportion to that amount necessary to
support the professional salaries and service personnel salaries
statewide under sections four, five and eight, article nine-a,
chapter eighteen of this code. In the event the Department of
Education determines that the objective of salary equity among the
counties has not been met, it shall include in its budget request
for the public school support plan for the next school year a
request for funding sufficient to meet the objective of salary
equity through an across-the-board increase in the equity
supplement amount of the affected class of employees.

(d) Pursuant to this section, each teacher and school service
personnelperson shall receive from state funds the equity
supplement amount indicated on the applicable State Equity
Supplement Schedule or Pay Scale for 2010-11, maintained by the
West Virginia Department of Educationin subsection (c), section
two and subsection (f), section eight-a of this article, as
applicable, reduced by any amount provided by the county as a
salary supplement for teachers and school service personnel on
January 1, 1984.Provided, That effective July 1, 2011, the amounts
indicated on the state Equity Supplement Pay Scale for service
personnel is increased by $37 across-the-board.

(e) The amount received pursuant to this section shall not be
decreased as a result of any county supplement increase instituted
after January 1, 1984: Provided, That any amount received pursuant
to this section may be reduced proportionately based upon the
amount of funds appropriated for this purpose. No county may
reduce any salary supplement that was in effect on January 1, 1984,
except as permitted by sections five-a and five-b of this article.

(f) During its 2011 interim meetings, the Legislative
Oversight Commission on Education Accountability shall conduct a
study on whether a recommendation should be made to the Legislature
for establishing the state Equity Supplement Schedule and the state
Equity Supplement Pay Scale in statute.

§18A-4-8a. Service personnel minimum monthly salaries.

(a) The minimum monthly pay for each service employee shall be
as follows:

(1) Effective July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2011, the minimum
monthly pay for each service employee whose employment is for a
period of more than three and one-half hours a day shall be at
least the amounts indicated in the 2010-2011 State Minimum Pay
Scale Pay Grade and the minimum monthly pay for each service
employee whose employment is for a period of three and one-half
hours or less a day shall be at least one-half the amount indicated
in the 2010-2011 State Minimum Pay Scale Pay Grade set forth in
this subdivision.

(1) Beginning July 1, 2011, and continuing thereafter, the
minimum monthly pay for each service employee whose employment is
for a period of more than three and one-half hours a day shall be
at least the amounts indicated in the 2011-2012 State Minimum Pay
Scale Pay Grade and the minimum monthly pay for each service
employee whose employment is for a period of three and one-half
hours or less a day shall be at least one half the amount indicated
in the 2011-2012 State Minimum Pay Scale Pay Grade set forth in
this section subdivision.

2010-2011 STATE MINIMUM PAY SCALE PAY GRADE

Years

Exp.

Pay Grade

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

0

1,577

1,598

1,639

1,691

1,743

1,805

1,836

1,908

1

1,609

1,630

1,671

1,723

1,775

1,837

1,868

1,940

2

1,641

1,662

1,703

1,755

1,807

1,869

1,900

1,972

3

1,673

1,694

1,735

1,787

1,839

1,901

1,932

2,004

4

1,705

1,726

1,767

1,819

1,871

1,933

1,964

2,037

5

1,737

1,758

1,799

1,851

1,903

1,965

1,996

2,069

6

1,769

1,790

1,832

1,883

1,935

1,997

2,028

2,101

7

1,802

1,822

1,864

1,915

1,967

2,029

2,060

2,133

8

1,834

1,854

1,896

1,947

1,999

2,061

2,092

2,165

9

1,866

1,886

1,928

1,980

2,031

2,093

2,124

2,197

10

1,898

1,919

1,960

2,012

2,063

2,126

2,157

2,229

11

1,930

1,951

1,992

2,044

2,095

2,158

2,189

2,261

12

1,962

1,983

2,024

2,076

2,128

2,190

2,221

2,293

13

1,994

2,015

2,056

2,108

2,160

2,222

2,253

2,325

14

2,026

2,047

2,088

2,140

2,192

2,254

2,285

2,357

15

2,058

2,079

2,120

2,172

2,224

2,286

2,317

2,389

16

2,090

2,111

2,152

2,204

2,256

2,318

2,349

2,422

17

2,122

2,143

2,185

2,236

2,288

2,350

2,381

2,454

18

2,154

2,175

2,217

2,268

2,320

2,382

2,413

2,486

19

2,187

2,207

2,249

2,300

2,352

2,414

2,445

2,518

20

2,219

2,239

2,281

2,333

2,384

2,446

2,477

2,550

21

2,251

2,271

2,313

2,365

2,416

2,478

2,509

2,582

22

2,283

2,304

2,345

2,397

2,448

2,511

2,542

2,614

23

2,315

2,336

2,377

2,429

2,481

2,543

2,574

2,646

24

2,347

2,368

2,409

2,461

2,513

2,575

2,606

2,678

25

2,379

2,400

2,441

2,493

2,545

2,607

2,638

2,710

26

2,411

2,432

2,473

2,525

2,577

2,639

2,670

2,742

27

2,443

2,464

2,505

2,557

2,609

2,671

2,702

2,774

28

2,475

2,496

2,537

2,589

2,641

2,703

2,734

2,807

29

2,507

2,528

2,570

2,621

2,673

2,735

2,766

2,839

30

2,540

2,560

2,602

2,653

2,705

2,767

2,798

2,871

31

2,572

2,592

2,634

2,685

2,737

2,799

2,830

2,903

32

2,604

2,624

2,666

2,718

2,769

2,831

2,862

2,935

33

2,636

2,656

2,698

2,750

2,801

2,863

2,895

2,967

34

2,668

2,689

2,730

2,782

2,833

2,896

2,927

2,999

35

2,700

2,721

2,762

2,814

2,866

2,928

2,959

3,031

36

2,732

2,753

2,794

2,846

2,898

2,960

2,991

3,063

37

2,764

2,785

2,826

2,878

2,930

2,992

3,023

3,095

38

2,796

2,817

2,858

2,910

2,962

3,024

3,055

3,127

39

2,828

2,849

2,890

2,942

2,994

3,056

3,087

3,159

40

2,860

2,881

2,922

2,974

3,026

3,088

3,119

3,192

2011-2012 STATE MINIMUM PAY SCALE PAY GRADE

Years

Exp.

Pay Grade

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

0

1,627

1,648

1,689

1,741

1,793

1,855

1,886

1,958

1

1,659

1,680

1,721

1,773

1,825

1,887

1,918

1,990

2

1,691

1,712

1,753

1,805

1,857

1,919

1,950

2,022

3

1,723

1,744

1,785

1,837

1,889

1,951

1,982

2,054

4

1,755

1,776

1,817

1,869

1,921

1,983

2,014

2,087

5

1,787

1,808

1,849

1,901

1,953

2,015

2,046

2,119

6

1,819

1,840

1,882

1,933

1,985

2,047

2,078

2,151

7

1,852

1,872

1,914

1,965

2,017

2,079

2,110

2,183

8

1,884

1,904

1,946

1,997

2,049

2,111

2,142

2,215

9

1,916

1,936

1,978

2,030

2,081

2,143

2,174

2,247

10

1,948

1,969

2,010

2,062

2,113

2,176

2,207

2,279

11

1,980

2,001

2,042

2,094

2,145

2,208

2,239

2,311

12

2,012

2,033

2,074

2,126

2,178

2,240

2,271

2,343

13

2,044

2,065

2,106

2,158

2,210

2,272

2,303

2,375

14

2,076

2,097

2,138

2,190

2,242

2,304

2,335

2,407

15

2,108

2,129

2,170

2,222

2,274

2,336

2,367

2,439

16

2,140

2,161

2,202

2,254

2,306

2,368

2,399

2,472

17

2,172

2,193

2,235

2,286

2,338

2,400

2,431

2,504

18

2,204

2,225

2,267

2,318

2,370

2,432

2,463

2,536

19

2,237

2,257

2,299

2,350

2,402

2,464

2,495

2,568

20

2,269

2,289

2,331

2,383

2,434

2,496

2,527

2,601

21

2,301

2,321

2,363

2,415

2,466

2,528

2,559

2,634

22

2,333

2,354

2,395

2,447

2,498

2,561

2,593

2,666

23

2,365

2,386

2,427

2,479

2,531

2,594

2,625

2,699

24

2,397

2,418

2,459

2,511

2,563

2,627

2,658

2,732

25

2,429

2,450

2,491

2,543

2,596

2,659

2,691

2,764

26

2,461

2,482

2,523

2,576

2,629

2,692

2,723

2,797

27

2,493

2,514

2,555

2,608

2,661

2,724

2,756

2,829

28

2,525

2,546

2,588

2,641

2,694

2,757

2,789

2,863

29

2,557

2,579

2,621

2,673

2,726

2,790

2,821

2,896

30

2,591

2,611

2,654

2,706

2,759

2,822

2,854

2,928

31

2,623

2,644

2,687

2,739

2,792

2,855

2,887

2,961

32

2,656

2,676

2,719

2,772

2,824

2,888

2,919

2,994

33

2,689

2,709

2,752

2,805

2,857

2,920

2,953

3,026

34

2,721

2,743

2,785

2,838

2,890

2,954

2,986

3,059

35

2,754

2,775

2,817

2,870

2,923

2,987

3,018

3,092

36

2,787

2,808

2,850

2,903

2,956

3,019

3,051

3,124

37

2,819

2,841

2,883

2,936

2,989

3,052

3,083

3,157

38

2,852

2,873

2,915

2,968

3,021

3,084

3,116

3,190

39

2,885

2,906

2,948

3,001

3,054

3,117

3,149

3,222

40

2,917

2,939

2,980

3,033

3,087

3,150

3,181

3,256

(2) Each service employee shall receive the amount prescribed
in the Minimum Pay Scale in accordance with the provisions of this
subsection according to their class title and pay grade as set
forth in this subdivision:

CLASS TITLEPAY GRADE

Accountant I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D

Accountant II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E

Accountant III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F

Accounts Payable Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G

Aide I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A

Aide II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B

Aide III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C

Aide IV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D

Audiovisual Technician. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C

Auditor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G

Autism Mentor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F

Braille or Sign Language Specialist. . . . . . . . . . . . . E

Bus Operator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D

Buyer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F

Cabinetmaker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G

Cafeteria Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D

Carpenter I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E

Carpenter II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F

Chief Mechanic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G

Clerk I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B

Clerk II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C

Computer Operator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E

Cook I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A

Cook II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B

Cook III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C

Crew Leader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F

Custodian I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A

Custodian II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B

Custodian III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C

Custodian IV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D

Director or Coordinator of Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . H

Draftsman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D

Electrician I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F

Electrician II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G

Electronic Technician I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F

Electronic Technician II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G

Executive Secretary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G

Food Services Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G

Foreman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G

General Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C

Glazier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D

Graphic Artist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D

Groundsman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B

Handyman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B

Heating and Air Conditioning Mechanic I. . . . . . . . . . . E

Heating and Air Conditioning Mechanic II. . . . . . . . . . .G

Heavy Equipment Operator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E

Inventory Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D

Key Punch Operator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B

Licensed Practical Nurse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F

Locksmith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G

Lubrication Man. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C

Machinist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F

Mail Clerk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D

Maintenance Clerk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C

Mason. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G

Mechanic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F

Mechanic Assistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E

Office Equipment Repairman I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F

Office Equipment Repairman II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G

Painter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E

Paraprofessional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F

Payroll Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G

Plumber I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E

Plumber II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G

Printing Operator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B

Printing Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D

Programmer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H

Roofing/Sheet Metal Mechanic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F

Sanitation Plant Operator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G

School Bus Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E

Secretary I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D

Secretary II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E

Secretary III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F

Supervisor of Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H

Supervisor of Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H

Switchboard Operator-Receptionist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . D

Truck Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D

Warehouse Clerk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C

Watchman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B

Welder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F

WVEIS Data Entry and Administrative Clerk. . . . . . . . . . B

(b) An additional $12 per month shall be added to the minimum
monthly pay of each service employee who holds a high school
diploma or its equivalent.

(c) An additional $11 per month also shall be added to the
minimum monthly pay of each service employee for each of the
following:

(1) A service employee who holds twelve college hours or
comparable credit obtained in a trade or vocational school as
approved by the state board;

(2) A service employee who holds twenty-four college hours or
comparable credit obtained in a trade or vocational school as
approved by the state board;

(3) A service employee who holds thirty-six college hours or
comparable credit obtained in a trade or vocational school as
approved by the state board;

(4) A service employee who holds forty-eight college hours or
comparable credit obtained in a trade or vocational school as
approved by the state board;

(5) A service employee who holds sixty college hours or
comparable credit obtained in a trade or vocational school as
approved by the state board;

(6) A service employee who holds seventy-two college hours or
comparable credit obtained in a trade or vocational school as
approved by the state board;

(7) A service employee who holds eighty-four college hours or
comparable credit obtained in a trade or vocational school as
approved by the state board;

(8) A service employee who holds ninety-six college hours or
comparable credit obtained in a trade or vocational school as
approved by the state board;

(9) A service employee who holds one hundred eight college
hours or comparable credit obtained in a trade or vocational school
as approved by the state board;

(10) A service employee who holds one hundred twenty college
hours or comparable credit obtained in a trade or vocational school
as approved by the state board;

(d) An additional $40 per month also shall be added to the
minimum monthly pay of each service employee for each of the
following:

(1) A service employee who holds an associate’s degree;

(2) A service employee who holds a bachelor’s degree;

(3) A service employee who holds a master’s degree;

(4) A service employee who holds a doctorate degree.

(e) An additional $11 per month shall be added to the minimum
monthly pay of each service employee for each of the following:

(1) A service employee who holds a bachelor’s degree plus
fifteen college hours;

(2) A service employee who holds a master’s degree plus
fifteen college hours;

(3) A service employee who holds a master’s degree plus thirty
college hours;

(4) A service employee who holds a master’s degree plus forty-five college hours; and

(5) A service employee who holds a master’s degree plus sixty
college hours.

(f)To meet the objective of salary equity among the counties,
each service employee shall be paid an equity supplement, as set
forth in section five of this article, of $152 per month, subject
to the provisions of that section. These payments: (I) Shall be in
addition to any amounts prescribed in the applicable State Minimum
Pay Scale Pay Grade, any specific additional amounts prescribed in
this section and article and any county supplement in effect in a
county pursuant to section five-b of this article; (ii) shall be
paid in equal monthly installments; and (iii) shall be considered
a part of the state minimum salaries for service personnel.

(f)(g) When any part of a school service employee’s daily
shift of work is performed between the hours of six o’clock p. m.
and five o’clock a. m. the following day, the employee shall be
paid no less than an additional $10 per month and one half of the
pay shall be paid with local funds.

(g)(h) Any service employee required to work on any legal
school holiday shall be paid at a rate one and one-half times the
employee’s usual hourly rate.

(h)(I) Any full-time service personnel required to work in
excess of their normal working day during any week which contains
a school holiday for which they are paid shall be paid for the
additional hours or fraction of the additional hours at a rate of
one and one-half times their usual hourly rate and paid entirely
from county board funds.

(I)(j) No service employee may have his or her daily work
schedule changed during the school year without the employee’s
written consent and the employee’s required daily work hours may
not be changed to prevent the payment of time and one-half wages or
the employment of another employee.

(j)(k) The minimum hourly rate of pay for extra duty
assignments as defined in section eight-b of this article shall be
no less than one seventh of the employee’s daily total salary for
each hour the employee is involved in performing the assignment and
paid entirely from local funds: Provided, That an alternative
minimum hourly rate of pay for performing extra duty assignments
within a particular category of employment may be used if the
alternate hourly rate of pay is approved both by the county board
and by the affirmative vote of a two-thirds majority of the regular
full-time employees within that classification category of
employment within that county: Provided, however, That the vote
shall be by secret ballot if requested by a service personnel
employeeperson within that classification category within that
county. The salary for any fraction of an hour the employee is
involved in performing the assignment shall be prorated
accordingly. When performing extra duty assignments, employees who
are regularly employed on a one-half day salary basis shall receive
the same hourly extra duty assignment pay computed as though the
employee were employed on a full-day salary basis.

(k)(l) The minimum pay for any service personnel employees
engaged in the removal of asbestos material or related duties
required for asbestos removal shall be their regular total daily
rate of pay and no less than an additional $3 per hour or no less
than $5 per hour for service personnel supervising asbestos removal
responsibilities for each hour these employees are involved in
asbestos-related duties. Related duties required for asbestos
removal include, but are not limited to, travel, preparation of the
work site, removal of asbestos decontamination of the work site,
placing and removal of equipment and removal of structures from the
site. If any member of an asbestos crew is engaged in asbestos
related duties outside of the employee’s regular employment county,
the daily rate of pay shall be no less than the minimum amount as
established in the employee’s regular employment county for
asbestos removal and an additional $30 per each day the employee is
engaged in asbestos removal and related duties. The additional pay
for asbestos removal and related duties shall be payable entirely
from county funds. Before service personnel employees may be used
in the removal of asbestos material or related duties, they shall
have completed a federal Environmental Protection Act approved
training program and be licensed. The employer shall provide all
necessary protective equipment and maintain all records required by
the Environmental Protection Act.

(l)(m) For the purpose of qualifying for additional pay as
provided in section eight, article five of this chapter, an aide
shall be considered to be exercising the authority of a supervisory
aide and control over pupils if the aide is required to supervise,
control, direct, monitor, escort or render service to a child or
children when not under the direct supervision of a certified
professional personnelperson within the classroom, library,
hallway, lunchroom, gymnasium, school building, school grounds or
wherever supervision is required. For purposes of this section,
“under the direct supervision of a certified professional personnelperson” means that certified professional personnelperson is
present, with and accompanying the aide.